St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-05
WOMEN WHO SHOOT.
Hunters Among the Fair Sc
Who Handle a Gun as Well &

Hunters Among the Fair Sex
Who Handle Gun as Well as
Man.
''I'd like you to make me first-class
shotgun"
The speaker was a New York woman
of fashion, and the place was down.
town gun store. After she had told the
proprietor that the gun was to have q
2S-caliber barrel, was to be of the
Greener style and to weigh five and a
half pounds, and that she wanted an
extra set of 3S-caliber rifle barrels, and
had left the store, the proprietor said to
a New York Mail and Express reporter:
That order will cost her 1915. Are
there many lady hunters? l should say
there were. Perhaps you would be sur
prised to be told that at least 500 women
of this city are at the present time in
the Adirondacks with their husbands,
fathers or brothers, hunting or fishing;
but it is fact, all the same. Do they
shoot big game? Certainly they do,
and good many more of this city'S
wealthy ladies than you imagine have
the record of shooting a deer. Many of
them, too, shoot with great skill on the
wing, and they develop a
great fondness for the sport The
way they handle a rife OF shotgun
when they come in here would surprise
a man not used to seeing that sort of a
thing. They take up gun and bring it
to the shoulder just as dexterouSly as
a man does. They are just as intelli
gent regarding weapon also, knowing
exactly what length they want and
what bend of stock"
:. A of la1X or
ried?'
by no means. While large proper
ton of them are wives of sportsmen,
having learned TO shoot when with their
husbands camping out, there are also
many fine shots among the younger and
unmarried portion. Why, have some
come in here to buy guns who are not
over sixteen and seventeen years old,
and who are expert shots. Only the
other day very bright and attractive
young woman was brought in here by
her father to purchase shotgun. She
was fine shot and had been accustomed
to the use Of firearms since she was
little girl She was particularly expert
in shooting on the wing and would
bring down as many birds as regular
sportsman would ordinarily. No, they
don't want fancy stocks, silver mount
lHSo VI any tdlCy hAIiSof oihStiol 10
it may seem. What they seem TO want
is plainly-finished gun, but one that is
of first-class material and can be de-
pended upon. Some of the guns have
made for ladies have cost as high as
$3.50 aeh."
Are the guns for women made diff
ferently in any way from those for
men?"
Yes. we always make the stock
shorter, from x to ID of an inch, the
same as for boy twelve or thirteen
years old. We sometimes, also, make
hunting costume especially for ladies.
This is corduroy, the jacket being cut
very like that usually worn by sports
men and the skirt close fitting. The
cost of such suit runs from S25 to so.
Many of them while hunting wear boots
with broad SoleS."
How do they stand the fatigue?"
Exceedingly well. Yes, can give
you all example which will show you
how brave and enthusiastic they are as
hunters. 1t was in New Brunswick,
last month. that M. Adams, accom-
panied by his wife, made trip to the
headwaterS of the Northwest Miramichi.
Mrs. Adams rode eighteen miles over a
portage road OH blackboard. After a
days rest she went up the
river a distance of nineteen
miles with her husband in a
canoe. They comped all night near the
foot of the Bald mountains, the lady
thus having the honor of being the first
white woman that ever visited that wild